Changing surname after marriage

VickyA_2

ailuro2 wrote:

so who gave you a wedding present cheque that they knew you'd have to wait a few weeks before you could cash it?
silly people.

My mum and dad.......... and other relatives :rotfl:

waterbaby

roversbabe wrote:

Same here - spent 24 years spelling my own surname for people & I now have to spell out my married name too :rolleyes:

My finger twitched as the mouse was crossing the thanks button! Thought I ought to explain as it is a strange post to thank seeing as I am not married!

wb

jockettuk

i had a elderly aunt who kept sending me cheques in my maiden name years after i got married, she said she knew my maiden name but kept forgetting my married name lol

CIS

'm supposed to take the marriage certificate, my NI number and my passport down to the local job centre (or whatever it is they are called now). I've put it off for 10 years, so I can't see myself getting round to it any time soon.

Techically you dont need your passport, you just need to take the marriage cert along and ask for it to be verified - the reason for updating the records is that for state pension purposes, the woman can claim of her husbands NI record to back up her own pension if need be (man can claim off wife from 2010) and you need proof of marriage recorded to do that.

VickyA_2

jockettuk wrote:

i had a elderly aunt who kept sending me cheques in my maiden name years after i got married, she said she knew my maiden name but kept forgetting my married name lol

In a similar way, my maternal grandmother gave my mum a cheque in her maiden name.................. on my parents' 25th wedding anniversary :rotfl: I still find it amusing, especially as they lived 1 mile apart and saw each other most days - my mum was her only child :rolleyes:

pelfed

If anyone is interested, I have found a few sites that offer info of changing your name.

http://www.gorge.org/experiences/deedpoll.shtml

http://www.freedeedpoll.co.uk

bunty109

jockettuk wrote:

i had a elderly aunt who kept sending me cheques in my maiden name years after i got married, she said she knew my maiden name but kept forgetting my married name lol

My aunt does that and she's hardly elderly. She even sent my daughter a cheque and put my maiden surname on hers!!! :rotfl:

findingmyownway

calleyw wrote:

And I really don't want to be Mrs P the second as he been married before.

Calley

I plan to get around that one by being finishing PhD and becoming the one and only Dr X rather the second Mrs X :rotfl: :rotfl:

MJMum

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